Improvement in flier for spinning-machine



Upon thevertical a1mA, the said socket or bands having slits, Il, to

f. met' @wat The Schedule referred t`o 1x1-these Letters Patent and making part of the v same.

NEWHAMRSH'IRE. 2, 1869.

j around the arm A as an axis,l t' and lug a having such an oblique form as will canse the To allv whom 'it may concern y Beit' known that I ,AARQN W. SMT'Hyof Manchesto be a full, clear, ence being had to the-accompanying drawings, which are made a part of this speciiication.

My invention consists in an improved construction of the presser or foot-piece, whereby it is rendered selfadjusting, and readily detachable; and, further, provision in said foot-piece to adapt it to guide roving or thread, as itcomes from the iiiers and. carry it straight fr arm, sogthat it maybe delivered bin, whether the latter isgempty In the drawings- Figure l is a front view'of my improved flier. Iligure 2 is a side view of the same.

v Figure 3 is a perspective View ofthe foot-piece detached.-

A represents the hollow which the thread is- B, a balance-arm.

The bobbin C is mounted on the spindle D, in the customary manner. v

My detachable footpiece,v E, consists of a vertical and a horizontal bar, ,which projects from the lower end of the said shaft, and is'formed witha for the pnipose of paying the thread on'to the bobbinl so as to preor band g to entirely clear the lug a, unless the said spring-catch be intentionally pressed in, when it will allow the shaft e to pass, and the foot-piece around until the openings h is carried, as indicated b v the red line, throughl the hollow arm slitted apertures l to the bobbin. Y

As the flier revolves, the `weight of' the foot-piece and the resistance of' the air tend to hold the flat end of the bar 'against the periphery 'of the bobbin with a moderate pressure.' Y The leading notch Z, in the horizontal bar f, arm ofthe ie'r, through carried, and

m, inthe horizontal barf, and thence ed with uniformity to the bobbin, the latter is empty or full. v

v Having thus ldescribed my invention,the following is what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent: y l'. I-clain1 the socket or open bands g g,lug a, re-V cess t', and catch k, employed in combination,

shaft .c is a socket, (which may be divided into two or more bands, g g,) to iit over the adapt them to pass a lu'g, a, upon the .armA, which lug prevents the; escape of the footpiece E, when the latter is turn'ed into its working-position, as shown in figs. 1 and 2. Witnesses:

Y While in this position, a recess, z', in the socket, or JOHN EL ANDREWS, in the lower-band g', fits over the lug ain such a man- E. M. TOPLIFF.

ner as to allow a limited horizontal motion to the bar A, and throughm AARON W, SMITH. l 

